USPTO Patents Application 10597633

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10/597,633

Filing Date

July 06, 2007

First Named Inventor

EINA V Omer et al

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3771

Examiner Name

DEMILLE Danton D.

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6,064,912

16-May-2000

Kenney

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JP 3087629

22-May-2002

Unknown

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JP 60-200312

09-Oct-1985

Dobashi

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Application Number

10/597,633

Filing Date

July 06, 2007

First Named Inventor

EIN AV Omer et al

Group Art Unit

3771

Examiner Name

DEMILLE Danton D.

Sheet

2 Of 2

Attorney Docket Number

34651

OTHER PRIOR ART - NON PATENT LITERATURE DOCUMENTS

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Official Action Dated 28 June 2010 From the US Patent and Trademark Office
Re.: Application No. 11/568,463.

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Translation of Notification of Reasons of Rejection Dated 26 May 2010 From the
Japanese Patent Office Re. Application No. 2006-552013.

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Translation of Notice of Reason for Rejection Dated 04 June 2010 From the
Japanese Patent Office Re. Application No. 2007-529131.

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For Japanese patent documents, the indication of the year of the reign of the Emperor must precede the serial number of the patent document.

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This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1 .97 and 1.98. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the UvSPTO to
process) an application. ConfidentiaUty is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. this collection is estimated to take 2 hours to complete, including gathering, preparing, and
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